I can't take it anymore with Gab. Andrew has lost his mind
(media.greatawakening.win)
? These people are stupid!
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What's wrong with that statement? Don't tell me you've bought into the lie of "separation of church and state"? I keep hearing people saying that but most don't know where it came from. It was first used in court in the US in the 1960s. It's no where in the United States Constitution. But....it was in the constitution of the former Soviet Union. In Article 13 of the general provisions of the constitution of the USSR, adopted in July 1918, it states, “In order to ensure genuine freedom of conscience for the working people, the church is separated from the State, and the school from the church: and freedom of religious and anti-religious propaganda is recognized for all citizens.”
What's wrong is that the state shouldn't be able to dictate a person's belief system. You can't force a person to believe in a particular religion. If you do, then it's only a show, not a heartfelt connection to a higher being.
Where does the state dictate anyone's belief system? Has the state ever tried to force you to believe in a particular higher power? No that would be Islam, a theocracy. Think Sharia law or the Church of England when we fought for independence. That's why the constitution forbid the state from making laws respecting a religion. We were formed as a Judo-Christian country but the founders knew not to give the state the power to enforce a religion. That's far different from "separation of church and state". Like I said you can find that term in the old Soviet Constitution and in the The Communist Manifesto.
The 1st Amendment explicitly states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. It's pretty simple, doesn't take a lawyer to understand. The state can't promote (respect) one religion over another. The colonies had just freed themselves from England which was a theocracy.
"It is true that the phrase "separation of church and state" does not actually appear anywhere in the Constitution of the United States. There is a problem, however, in that some people draw incorrect conclusions from this fact. The absence of this phrase does not mean that it is an invalid concept or that it cannot be used as a legal or judicial principle."
https://www.learnreligions.com/separation-of-church-and-state-myth-249688
"A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still" - Andrew Carnegie in "How to Win Friends and Influence People